A simulation study of beam loading on a cavity

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1160-1168

  Wilsen, Craig B ^a,b   Luginsland, John W ^c,d   Lau, Yue Ying ^a   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^d,e   Chernin, David P ^d   Tchou, Philip M ^a   Keyser, Marc W ^a   Gilgenbach, Ronald M ^a   Ludeking, L D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

^f MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam loading; Electron circuit interaction; Electron dynamics; Frequency detune; High power microwaves; Klystron; Microwave cavities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; KLYSTRONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BEAM LOADING;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0036627406     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801623     Document Type: Article

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